Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200551141 - Employee drowns after falling into lake

Accident Summary Nr: 200551141 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 11/25/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303078166	11/26/1999	1629	0	Berry Brother General Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On November 25, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker had taken a 14 ft aluminum skiff out about 250 ft from the dredge barge in Lake Boudreaux to stake out the area to be dredged. They waded into the lake, placing cane poles in the lake floor at 75 ft intervals. Employee #1 was getting back into the skiff when he slipped backward out of the bow of the boat and drowned. His body was not recovered until the following afternoon.

Keywords: PPE, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, BOAT, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Shoreline development, dam, reservoir		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303078166			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Dredging Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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